Traditional stories ‘crucial’ to Indigenous language revitalization says storyteller
Solomon Ratt speaking at the First Nations Language Keepers Conference in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. A traditional Indigenous storyteller says traditional stories are ‘crucial’ to the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Solomon Ratt is a member...
Northern Saskatchewan chief chosen to help select the new RCMP commissioner
Chief Tammy Cook-Searson during her swearing-in ceremony at the most recent LLRIB election. File Photo. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will be part of a committee tasked with selecting a new leader of the RCMP. Cook-Searson was chosen to sit...
Majority of Saskatoon’s population experiencing homelessness are Indigenous says conference organizer
SHIP Executive Director Shuan Dyck speaks to reporters in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. In 2015, the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership held a one-day gathering of information, where they determined 60 per cent of the city’s homelessness population...
Impassioned plea for closure at inquiry
Myrna LaPlante. Photo courtesy of Native Women’s Association of Canada. There was an impassioned plea this morning on behalf of all the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The plea came from Myrna LaPlante, whose 78-year-old aunt vanished...
Conference focusing on preserving Indigenous language taking place in Saskatoon
Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre The First Nations Language Keepers Conference is kicking off today at the Saskatoon Inn and Conference Centre. Speeches on the importance of preserving Indigenous languages from elders, academics and educators...
Man once prevented from running in band election declared new chief
The chief electoral officer for the Montreal Lake Cree Nation says he is prepared to swear in a new chief on Wednesday. Clifford Bird says Frank J. Roberts will be the new chief by acclamation. The band’s appeal tribunal had previously ordered a special...
SaskTel service outage in northern Saskatchewan planned for November 22
SaskTel logo. Photo courtesy SaskTel. A planned outage to SaskTel landline, wireless and internet services in the province’s north is scheduled from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on November 22. Services will be disrupted in Brabant Lake, Black Lake, Butler Lake, Cigar...
Witness tells inquiry racism played role in death investigation
Delores Stevenson, Nadine Machiskinic’s aunt. File photo. The laundry chute death of a young Indigenous woman and the impact it had on her family was outlined this morning, as the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls opened its hearings...